KR20130100005A - Method and apparatus for simultaneously presenting at least two multimedia content on a processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and apparatus for presenting at least two received multimedia content simultaneously to a user is disclosed. At least one receiving apparatus 113, 114 receives one or more multimedia contents 121, 122 from at least one transmitting apparatus 110, 111. The at least one receiving device determines the characteristics of each received multimedia content and the characteristics of an operating condition on the at least one receiving device 113, 114. Features and operating conditions are used to retrieve a policy for presenting the received multimedia content to a user. When implemented, the policy identifies whether two or more received multimedia content should be presented to the user at the same time.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY PRESENTING AT LEAST TWO MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ON A PROCESSING DEVICE}

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention generally relates to presenting multimedia content on one or more receiving devices associated with a user, in particular to at least one of the receiving devices in accordance with policies implemented on the receiving devices. It is about presenting at the same time.

Multimedia content is typically captured and presented by a receiving device, such as computers, smartphones, and other electronic devices. Multimedia content includes, for example, text, audio, still images, animation, video or a combination thereof. Multimedia content is typically transmitted to a receiving device via a wired or wireless broadband network. Broadband networks currently have the ability to transmit two or more multimedia contents simultaneously to the receiving device. Although the user of the receiving device simultaneously accesses and understands some types of multimedia content, the user's ability to access and understand two or more simultaneously presented multimedia content often presents the user's operating context and concurrent presentation. Depends on the relationship between the media. For example, when the user is free, the user can watch the video stream while listening to the associated audio stream. Users typically do not see the video stream safely and hear the associated audio stream while driving a car, but they can safely hear only the audio stream. Thus, the user's operating context (in this example—free or driving a car) affects how the user processes multimedia content presented at the same time. In addition, the user is also typically unable to effectively process both video streams and irrelevant audio content simultaneously. Thus, the relationship between simultaneously presented multimedia content may affect how a user processes media presented simultaneously.

Although one or more receiving devices have the ability to present two or more multimedia content simultaneously to a user, they present the received multimedia content based on the relationship between the user's operating context and the multimedia content queued for simultaneous presentation. Do not schedule them. Thus, most receiving devices are configured to present received multimedia content queued for presentation in a sequential manner. For example, received audio streams queued for presentation can be provided in a playlist manner, with the audio streams being played one after the other. In another example, when a user is listening to music on a smartphone in a car, the music may be interrupted while an incoming call is presented to the user.

Accordingly, there is a need for a method and apparatus for analyzing received multimedia content according to the relationship between the user's operating context and the received multimedia content queued for simultaneous presentation.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals refer to the same or functionally similar elements throughout the separate drawings, together with the following description, form a part thereof, and further illustrate embodiments of the concepts comprising the claimed invention. And explain various principles and advantages of these embodiments.
1 is a block diagram of a system having an operation that includes presenting at least two received multimedia content to a user simultaneously in accordance with some embodiments.
2 is a block diagram of a presentation component on a receiving device in accordance with some embodiments.
3 is a flowchart of a method of presenting two or more received multimedia content to a user simultaneously in accordance with some embodiments.
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Some embodiments are directed to apparatus and methods for presenting at least two received multimedia content simultaneously to a user. At least one receiving device receives more multimedia content from at least one transmitting device. The at least one receiving device determines the characteristics of each received multimedia content and an operating condition of the at least one receiving device. Features and operating conditions are used to retrieve a policy for presenting the received multimedia content to a user. When implemented, the policy identifies whether two or more received multimedia content should be presented to the user at the same time.

1 is a block diagram of a system 100 having an operation that includes presenting at least two received multimedia content to a user simultaneously in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, system 100 utilizes one or more access networks 101 to interconnect one or more multimedia receiving and transmitting devices. Each access network 101 may include one or more wired or wireless segments to which receiving and transmitting devices are connected. The access networks 101 are, for example, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3, 802.11, or 802.16, Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE), 3GPP2 Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), and It operates in accordance with other wireless and wired communication standards.

System 100 includes one or more multimedia devices 112-114, one or more of which is configured to receive multimedia content, process multimedia content, present multimedia content, or perform any combination thereof. Can be. Multimedia devices 112-114 are configured to receive multimedia data from network 101 by means known in the art. To present multimedia content to a user, the multimedia devices 112-114 may include components such as displays and speakers that present media content to the user and keyboards that accept input from the user. And components such as screens. The multimedia devices 112-114 may be relatively stationary devices such as desktop computers, televisions, or mobile or portable devices such as laptops, smartphones, portable information terminals, two-way radios, and the like. One or more multimedia devices 112-114 may be associated with a single user 130. In some embodiments, one or more of the multimedia devices are configured to include a processing component for analyzing and scheduling a simultaneous presentation of two or more received multimedia content, eg, media streams, in accordance with a policy. In cases where the user 130 is associated with more than one multimedia device 112-114, the received media characteristics and operating conditions from all devices associated with the user 130 may cause the received multimedia content to 130 may be considered by the processing components when selecting an appropriate policy that allows for simultaneous presentation to 130). If more than one processing component on associated multimedia devices is used to analyze and schedule a simultaneous presentation of two or more received multimedia content, the processing components may be configured to coordinate analysis and scheduling functions. For example, the adjustment of processing components may be based on predefined rules and / or pre-assigned priorities associated with each processing component, wherein the processing component with the higher priority is associated with the associated multimedia device. Each processing component on the network may be configured to determine which analysis and scheduling functions are performed. Associated multimedia devices may be any known in the art, such as Bluetooth, Infrared, 802.11, ZigBee, etc. to coordinate the presentation and processing of the multimedia received during simultaneous presentation, as shown by lines 124-125. May use local area network or wide area network technology.

System 100 also includes one or more multimedia transmission devices 110-111. The multimedia transmission devices 110-111 may be servers or other still devices or may be mobile devices such as mobile digital video recorders, network cameras, laptops, smartphones, and the like. One or more of the access networks 101 used in the system 100 may connect the multimedia transmitters 110-111 and the multimedia receivers 112-114, as shown by lines 120-123. Connect to each other. It is to be understood that other components and configurations of system 100 are not shown for simplicity.

2 is a block diagram of a processing component on a multimedia receiving device according to some embodiments. The functionality of the processing component 200 may be executed on one or more processors in the multimedia receiving device associated with the user, or may be distributed across one or more multimedia receiving devices associated with the user. Processing component 200 interacts with one or more multimedia receiving components 202a-202n that receive one or more multimedia content from at least one transmitting device. In some embodiments, each multimedia receiving component 202a-202n is associated with a multimedia receiving device associated with a user. The multimedia receiving component, for example, the multimedia receiving component 202a may be included in the same multimedia receiving apparatus as the processing component 200. Multimedia content may be received via means known to those skilled in the art. Multiple multimedia content may be received simultaneously by a multimedia receiving device or one or more of the multimedia content may be received before or after other multimedia content. Additionally, multiple multimedia content may be received on a multimedia receiving device associated with the same user via one or more multimedia receiving components, eg, multimedia receiving component 202n. In any case, two or more of the received multimedia content may be available simultaneously for presentation to a user of associated multimedia receiving devices.

The multimedia analysis component 206 examines the received multimedia content, respectively, and provides parameters of the received multimedia content to the policy engine 210 in which predefined or dynamically generated policies are executed. The parameters of the received multimedia content are the characteristics of the predefined features associated with the received multimedia content. Accordingly, the multimedia analysis component 206 examines the received multimedia content, respectively, and determines the associated characteristics for the multimedia content. Examples of characteristics of multimedia content include whether live or recorded, duration, priority, source location, associated multimedia content, and associated computer-assisted dispatch (CAD) incident record. Another example of characteristics of multimedia content includes a media type, for example audio or video. When the received multimedia content is a live media stream, the duration may be an estimated duration of the live media stream; Otherwise, for example for a recorded media stream, the duration may be the actual duration of the received multimedia content. The estimated time may be provided by the source of the multimedia content. In some embodiments, the estimated time can be obtained by applying a heuristic method associated with the live media. For example, if the received multimedia content is an incoming video phone call, an associated heuristic method, for example on the average time of the video phone call, may be used to obtain an estimated time for the video phone call. Using another example, if the received multimedia content is a live broadcast media stream from an event scheduled to end at a particular time, the estimated time may be determined based on the specific end time.

In order to generate or provide a suitable policy for the received multimedia content, the policy engine 210 also obtains the operating context of the associated multimedia receiving device (s) from the environmental analysis component 208. In order to obtain the operating context of the associated multimedia receiving device (s), the environmental analysis component 208 is configured to obtain information from one or more sensors, such as position sensors, proximity sensors, or sound sensors, associated with the user. Communicate with one or more sensor components 204a-204n that are configured. One or more sensor components 204a-204n may be included in the same multimedia receiving device as processing component 200 or may be included in another multimedia receiving device associated with the same user. For example, using information obtained from available position sensors, such as accelerometers, global positioning systems, compasses, or gyroscopes associated with multimedia receiving devices associated with a user, the environmental analysis component 208 allows the user to present information. You can determine if you are performing other tasks such as riding a car, biking, or walking. Environmental analysis component 208 may use information obtained from available proximity sensors, such as infrared or eye tracking mechanisms, to determine if a user is currently viewing a screen. Environmental analysis component 208 may use the information obtained from available sound sensors such as a microphone to determine noise levels, such as background noise level, in the multimedia receiving device. Environmental analysis component 208 further uses information obtained from available operating systems and application sensors on multimedia receiving devices used by a user to determine parallel running applications and activities on such devices. Can be.

Based on the characteristics of the multimedia content as measured by the multimedia analysis component 206 and the operating conditions as measured by the environmental analysis component 208, the multimedia analysis component 206 and the environmental analysis Component 208 sends the appropriate parameters to policy engine 210 where the policies associated with the scheduling of the concurrent presentation of multimedia content are retrieved. In particular, the policy engine 210 retrieves at least one suitable policy from the policy database based on parameters received from the multimedia analysis component 206 and the environment analysis component 208. The retrieved policy is then sent to the multimedia scheduler component 212 when it is executed. The policy enforced determines how the received multimedia content is scheduled for simultaneous presentation to the user. The actual presentation of the multimedia content may then be executed by one or more multimedia presentation components 214a-214n. The multimedia presentation components 214a-214n may be included in the same multimedia receiving device as the processing component 200, or may be included in another multimedia receiving device associated with the same user.

Policies in the policy database may be predefined by the user or by another entity, such as an administrator or manufacturer, before the multimedia content is available for presentation to the user. The policies may be entered into the policy database through means known to those skilled in the art. Policies in the policy database may be dynamically generated by the policy engine 210. For example, based on parameters associated with the received multimedia content and / or operational context regarding the multimedia receiving device, the policy engine 210 may dynamically generate a new policy that simultaneously presents the received multimedia content. .

Obtaining the characteristics of the multimedia content available from the multimedia analysis component 206 and obtaining the operating context of the multimedia receiving device from the environmental analysis component 208, for example, the position sensors may be stationary and multiplied during the presentation. When indicating that there are related video streams of, the policy engine 210 may invoke a policy, for example, presenting related video streams simultaneously. The policy engine 210 may, for example, call a policy that allows multiple pending audio streams to be presented simultaneously if the sound sensors indicate that the background noise level is low enough. The policy engine 210 indicates that, for example, operating system and application sensors indicate that the user is actively entering data into a document, such as a computer assisted dispatch (CAD) recording, and multiple pending video streams present to the user simultaneously. You can also call a policy that prevents it from being loaded. It should be noted that the policies mentioned above are merely examples. The policy engine 210 may be configured to invoke other policies that may or may not be similar to those described above.

The multimedia analysis component 206 and the environment analysis component 208 may determine the operating context of an associated device, network, or resource that is also available to the user by using one or more of the aforementioned applicable sensors. For example, the multimedia analysis component 206 may obtain information from, for example, the multimedia receiving component 202n in the associated multimedia receiving device and determine the duration of the multimedia content that is currently presented or withholds the presentation. . The multimedia analysis component 206 may also determine aspects (eg, audio or video) of the multimedia content currently being presented or withholding the presentation, and determine the relationship of the multimedia content currently presenting or withholding the presentation. Can be.

Determining the available multimedia content and operating context for all multimedia receiving devices associated with the user, the policy engine 210 may, for example, drive the car if the associated / coexistent two-way radio is involved in an emergency call. And certain features relating to the car, for example an emergency beacon, may be invoked, for example to call a policy that prevents the display of the video stream. Upon determining the duration of the multimedia content, the policy engine 210 may invoke a policy, for example allowing two unrelated video streams to be presented at the same time if one of the multimedia content is less than 30 seconds in duration. Can be. Policy engine 210 may invoke a policy that does not allow two audio streams based on the mode of the multimedia content, for example, allowing one video and one audio stream to be simultaneously presented. In addition, the policy engine 210 allows two video streams to be presented simultaneously, for example, only capturing both the same subject, such as an event scene, from a different perspective, but between the multimedia content currently being presented or withholding the presentation. A policy may be called that does not allow two unrelated video streams based on the relationship of.

In addition, upon determining the available multimedia content and operating context for all multimedia receiving devices associated with the user, the policy engine 210 determines a policy that determines one or more of the associated multimedia receiving devices to which the multimedia content should be presented at the same time. You can also call For example, one multimedia receiving device associated with a user is, for example, a laptop that includes a multimedia receiving component 202a, a processing component 200, and a multimedia presentation component 214a, and the other associated with the user. If the multimedia receiving device is, for example, a smartphone that includes a multimedia presentation component 214n, the policy engine 210 in the laptop may invoke a policy for presenting the multimedia content on the smartphone. As such, the policy engine on the laptop may schedule the media for presentation on other multimedia receiving devices associated with the user.

In some embodiments, when new multimedia content becomes available for presentation to an end user, the multimedia analysis component 206 may determine whether other multimedia content is already presenting to the user. If no other multimedia content is currently being presented, no further processing is performed at processing component 200. If another stream is being presented to the user at the same time, the multimedia analytics component 206 can provide the policy engine 210 with the parameters of the new stream along with the parameters of the new stream. The policy engine 210 then uses the information provided by the environmental analysis component 208 and combined with the multimedia content parameters to determine whether new multimedia content should be presented to the user at the same time. In some embodiments, the policy engine 210 uses information provided by the environmental analysis component 208 and combines the multimedia content parameters to determine if the new multimedia content has a high priority. Terminate the display of the content or otherwise prioritize how the multimedia content is presented to the user.

An example of a policy that the policy engine 210 can apply to multimedia content may be the case where a user is in a moving vehicle and plays only one audio and one video stream at a time. An example of another policy that can be applied is when the newly received multimedia content is less than 30 seconds duration and play it in parallel with other video streams. An example of another policy that can be applied is when the user is in a quiet environment and plays up to two audio streams simultaneously. An example of another policy that may be applied is that the multimedia scheduler plays all relevant video and audio streams (eg multiple views of the same event, or audio-follow-video), but queues irrelevant streams. It is instructed. An example of another policy that can be applied is when a user is filling in a CAD event report and playing only one audio and one video stream at a time. An example of another policy that may be applied is when a user's co-existing two-way radio is playing audio from an emergency call and queues a presentation of pending video streams. It should be noted that the policies mentioned above are merely examples. The policy engine 210 may be configured to enforce other policies that may or may not be similar to those described above. The policy engine 210 may also prioritize policies and select a policy with a higher priority if two or more policies can be applied to two or more received multimedia content pending presentations. For example, the policy engine 210 may assign a high priority to live multimedia content over recorded multimedia content. The policy engine 210 may be configured to assign a high priority based on timeliness of the received multimedia content, which indicates the relationship between the time the multimedia content was captured and the time it should be presented. do. The policy engine 210 may apply two or more policies to the received multimedia content.

A given user, administrator, or manufacturer can optimize how the multimedia receiving device is configured to handle multiple multimedia content hold presentations, thus ultimately increasing the efficiency of the user operating the multimedia receiving device. In some embodiments, a user, administrator, or manufacturer may configure the policy engine 210 to allow simultaneous presentation of multimodal data from a single multimedia receiver. In other embodiments, the user, administrator, or manufacturer may allow the policy engine 210 to allow simultaneous presentations of media from one or more co-existing and associated multimedia receiving devices when two or more of the multimedia content is sent to a single user. ) Can be configured. For example, an emergency call reaching a two-way radio can avoid and delay the simultaneous presentation of video displayed on the coexisting terminal if both the two-way radio and the terminal are being operated by the same user.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the subcomponents of the processing component 200 may be further distributed across more than one multimedia receiving device available to the user. For example, the multimedia analytics component 206 may be in coordination with the multimedia receiving component 202 and not in coordination with the policy engine 210.

3 is a flowchart of a method of presenting received multimedia content to a user simultaneously in accordance with some embodiments. At 310, at least one new multimedia content is received by the multimedia receiving device. The media is sent to the multimedia analytics component. At 320, the multimedia analysis component determines whether other multimedia content is currently being presented to the user. At 330, if other multimedia content is already being presented to the user, the multimedia analysis component determines information about the currently presented multimedia content and the multimedia content that is queued for presentation to the user. For example, the multimedia analytics component determines parameters of other multimedia content currently presented to the user and parameters for newly received multimedia content from local and coexisting devices and networks. The environmental analysis component determines information about the current operating environment on local and coexisting devices and networks. For example, the environmental analysis component determines a list of environmental information and active applications and activities on local and coexisting devices and networks. At 340, the multimedia analysis component and the environment analysis component supply information to the policy engine to determine whether newly reached multimedia content should be presented simultaneously to the user along with other multimedia content. At 350, if the policy engine retrieves a policy that matches the current media and environmental conditions, the multimedia content is simultaneously presented to the user along with other media in accordance with the retrieved policy or queued for presentation. At 360, if the policy engine cannot retrieve a policy that should be applied to newly received multimedia content, the multimedia content is queued for delayed presentation.

In the foregoing specification, specific embodiments have been described. However, one of ordinary skill in the art appreciates that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. Accordingly, the specification and figures are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of present teachings.

Benefits, advantages, solutions to problems, and any element (s) that can cause any advantage, advantage, or solution to occur or become more prominent are the core, requirements of any one or all claims. It should not be considered as practical features or elements. The invention is defined only by the appended claims, including any amendments made during the pending of this application, and all equivalents of the published claims.

Moreover, in this document, relationship terms such as first and second, top and bottom, and the like do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between such entities or actions, but rather It can only be used to distinguish it from an object or action. The terms "comprise", "comprising", "has", "having", "includes", "including", " Include, "" containing ", or any other such variation is intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, which includes a list of elements and contains, and has, processes However, a method, article or device may not only include these elements, but may also include other elements not explicitly listed or essential to such process, method, article or device. "Comprises ... a", "has ... a", "includes ... a", "contains". ..a) "The element following" does not make it impossible without further limitations to the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, product or device which contains the element. The terms "a" and "an" are defined as one or more unless explicitly stated otherwise in this specification. The terms “substantially”, “essentially”, “approximately”, “about”, or any other version are defined to be in close proximity as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art and In one non-limiting embodiment, the term is defined to be within 10%, within 5% in another embodiment, within 1% in another embodiment, and within 0.5% in another embodiment. The term "coupled", as used herein, is defined as connected, although not necessarily directly, nor necessarily mechanically. A device or structure that is "configured" in a particular way is configured in at least that way, but may be configured in ways that are not listed.

Some embodiments may include one or more general or specific processors (or “processing devices”) and some nonprocessor circuits such as microprocessors, digital signal processors, customized processors, and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). In combination with, may include native stored program instructions (including both software and firmware) that control one or more processors to implement some, most, or all of the functions and / or apparatus described herein. Will be understood. Alternatively, some or all of the functionality may be implemented by a state machine without stored program instructions, or in one or more application specific integrated circuits, in which each or some combination of specific features is implemented as custom logic. Can be. Of course, a combination of the two approaches could be used.

In addition, the embodiments may be embodied as computer readable storage media having computer readable code stored thereon for programming a computer (eg, including a processor) for performing the methods disclosed and claimed herein. Examples of such computer readable storage media include hard disks, CD-ROMs, optical storage devices, magnetic storage devices, Read Only Memory (ROM), Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM), Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM), EEPROM ( Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) and flash memory. In addition, those skilled in the art, when guided by the concepts and principles disclosed herein, minimize experiments in spite of the considerable effort possible and the myriad of design choices caused by, for example, available time, current technology, and economic considerations. It is contemplated that such software instructions and programs and ICs can be easily generated.

A summary of the specification is provided so that the reader can quickly identify the attributes of the technical specification. The Abstract is provided with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope and meaning of the claims. In addition, in the foregoing Detailed Description, it can be seen that various features are grouped together in various embodiments for the purposes of the streamline of the specification. The methods herein are not to be construed as reflecting the intention of claiming more features than those explicitly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive subject matter lies in less than all features of one disclosed embodiment. Accordingly, the following claims are hereby incorporated into the Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separately claimed subject matter.

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A method of presenting at least two received multimedia content simultaneously to a user, the method comprising:
Receiving, by at least one receiving device, at least two multimedia contents from at least one transmitting device;
Determining, by the at least one receiving device, characteristics of the received multimedia content and an operating condition of the at least one receiving device;
Retrieving a policy for presenting the received multimedia content to the user by the at least one receiving device and in accordance with the characteristics and the operating condition; And
Executing the policy by the at least one receiving device, the policy identifying whether the at least two received multimedia content should be presented simultaneously to the user.
≪ / RTI > The method of claim 1, wherein the determining step comprises determining whether at least one other multimedia content is being presented to the user, and retrieving the policy for use in the retrieval of the policy. The method further comprises providing. 2. The method of claim 1,
Determining at least one of characteristics of multimedia content received by an associated device, network or resource or an operating context of the associated device, network or resource; And
Providing at least one of the characteristics of the multimedia content received by the associated device, network or resource or an operating context of the associated device, network or resource for use in retrieving the policy. . The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristics are at least one of a duration of the received multimedia content, a type of the received multimedia content, a timeliness of the received multimedia content, or a relationship between the at least two received multimedia content. Including,
The duration is either an estimated time for live multimedia content or an actual time for recorded multimedia content, and the timeliness is between the time that the received multimedia content is captured and the time that the received multimedia content should be presented. How to show the relationship. The method of claim 1, further comprising allowing a user of the at least one receiving device to predefine policies for presenting the received multimedia content before receiving the multimedia content on the at least one receiving device. How to include. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the receiving, determining, retrieving or executing is performed by a different receiving device associated with the user. The method of claim 1, wherein in the at least one receiving device, presenting the received multimedia content to the user based on at least one of characteristics of the received multimedia content or an operating condition of the at least one receiving device. Dynamically generating a predefined policy for the method. The method of claim 1, wherein determining an operating condition of the at least one receiving device comprises using position sensors to determine if a user of the at least one receiving device is currently moving. The method of claim 1, wherein determining an operating condition of the at least one receiving device comprises using proximity sensors to determine if a user of the at least one receiving device is looking at a screen of the at least one receiving device. How to include. The method of claim 1, wherein determining an operating condition of the at least one receiving device comprises using sound sensors to determine noise levels associated with the at least one receiving device. The method of claim 1, wherein determining an operating condition of the at least one receiving device comprises using at least one of an operating system sensor or an application sensor to determine other parallel activities on the at least one receiving device. Way. The method of claim 1, further comprising: prioritizing policies applied to the received multimedia content, and determining prioritized policies in determining whether the at least two received multimedia content should be presented simultaneously to the user. The method further comprises the step of applying. The method of claim 1, further comprising: applying a policy to terminate the display of current multimedia content if it is determined that new multimedia content has a high priority after determining that the at least two received multimedia content should not be presented simultaneously to the user. The method further comprises a step. A receiving device for presenting at least two received multimedia content simultaneously to a user, comprising:
At least one receiving component configured to receive at least two multimedia contents from at least another device;
A media analytics component configured to determine characteristics of received multimedia content;
An environmental analysis component configured to determine operating conditions of devices associated with the user;
A policy engine configured to use the characteristics and operating conditions to retrieve and enforce a policy for determining whether the at least two multimedia content should be presented to the user at the same time; And
A scheduling component configured to present the at least two multimedia content simultaneously to the user in accordance with the policy
Receiving device comprising a. 15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the media analysis component is configured to provide characteristics of the at least one other multimedia content to determine whether at least one other multimedia content is being presented and to retrieve the policy. The method of claim 14, wherein the environmental analysis component,
Determine at least one of characteristics of multimedia content received by an associated device, network or resource or an operating context of the associated device, network or resource;
A receiving device configured to provide at least one of the characteristics of the multimedia content received by the associated device, network or resource or an operating context of a network or resource of the associated device for use in retrieving the policy. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the media analysis component is adapted to determine a duration of the received multimedia content, a type of the received multimedia content, timeliness of the received multimedia content, and a relationship between the at least two multimedia content. Composed,
The duration is either an estimated time for live multimedia content or an actual time for recorded multimedia content, and the timeliness is between the time that the received multimedia content is captured and the time that the received multimedia content should be presented. Receiving device to indicate the relationship of. 15. The receiving device of claim 14, wherein the policy engine is configured to generate a policy to present the at least two multimedia content simultaneously on one or more receiving devices associated with the user. The receiving device of claim 14, wherein the receiving device is configured to coordinate at least one of the media analysis component, the environment analysis component, the policy engine, or the scheduling component with another receiving device associated with the user. Device. The method of claim 15, wherein the environmental analysis component,
Determining operating conditions of the at least one receiving device by using position sensors to determine whether a user of the at least one receiving device is currently performing other tasks;
Determining operating conditions of the at least one receiving device by using proximity sensors to determine if a user of the at least one receiving device is looking at a screen on the at least one receiving device;
Determining operating conditions of the at least one receiving device by using sound sensors to determine noise levels associated with the at least one receiving device; or
And receive at least one of determining operating conditions of the at least one receiving device by using operating system and application sensors to determine other parallel activities on the at least one receiving device.

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